Car-coupling



(No Model.)

CAR GOUPLING.

No. 395323. Patentd Jan. 8, 1889.

W d W UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICEe SILAS B. FYLER, OF EAST SYRACUSE, NEXV YORK.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,823, dated January 8, 1889.

Application filed April 5, 1888. Serial No. %9,740. (No model.)

To all whom 't may concern:

Be it known that I, SILAS B. FYLER, of East Syracuse, connty of Onondaga, in the State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Inprovements in Car-Couplings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the aceonpanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation of the end of a car with the coupling devices attached thereto; Fig. 2, a sectional side elevation taken on line .1 Fig. l, showing the two draw-heads opposite each other; Fig. S, a partial front elevation showing the pin sustained in an elevated position; .and Fig. 4 represents details.

Similar letters and figures of reference in` dicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

My invention relates, broadly, to that class of car-couplings using the ordinary style of draw-head and a link and pin, the link entering the end of the draw-head substantially horizontally and the pin passing down through the draw-head and link in the ordinary manner; and it relates, specifieally, to

that subdivision of car-couplers in which the coupling devices are operated from the outsides of the cars by appliances or mechanisms to guide the link and to insert or remove the pin.

My invention consists in the several novel features of Construction and operation hereinafter described, and specitically enumerated in the several clauses of claim hereunto annexed.

It is constructed 'follows:

Ais the bodyof the car, mounted upon wheels in the ordinary manner, and provided with boxes, axles, and the other necessary accompaniments of any preferred form of construction.

B is the draw-head, of any ordinary form, and provided with the nsnal link-cavity in its head and with pin-holes, and is mounted upon the car in the customary manner.

C is a horizontal operatingrod, having curved handle portions at its ends, used by a person standing at the side of the car, mounted loosely in and supported by the guide-brackets 1 9, which are Secured to the end of the car.

I rigdly secure to the Operating-rod C, at

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tially rotated the arm D is 'swung either upe ward or downward, according to the direction of rotation of said rod. The onter end of the arm D, I provide with a hole or opening, 3. In the aforesaid hole I secure one end of the triangular hook 4, the other end of which is pivotally connected to the pin-holder 5, which consists of a piece of metal formed with ears at either side and provided with a hole for the body of `the pin 6 through the bottom, the head of the pin lying upon the base of the I also detachably secure in the hole 3 one end of-the hook 7, the other end of which is connected to the link-guide E, which consists of a plate of netal provided with the link-slot 8. This plate being Suspended from the arm D, it hangs against the front end of the draw-head, and the link 9 lies loo'sely in the slot 8 thereof.

The upward rotation of the horizontal rod O by a person grasping one of its handles and manipulating it raises the outer end of the laterally-projecting arm D and the plate or link guide E without disturbing the pinholder and its pin 6, the reason being that the hook lis, when the arm D is in its depressed position, of sutficient length to admit of a certain degree of vertical play in the hole 3, and the hook 7, attached to the link-guide, having no longitudinal play, and', moreover, being secured at the forward portion of the arm, must 'necessarily raise the linkguide first, as illustrated in Fig. 1 and at the left hand of Fig. 2. This movement vertically of the link-guide raises or depresses the outer end of the link to the desired height to properly enter the opposite draw-head when that is higher than the one carrying the link, or when it is lower, as the case may be. V

In the guide-bracket 2, at its face portion, I form a longitudinal slot, a, extending about midway the length of the bracket and provided with an' internal shoulder, Z), substantially as shown, and the Operating-rod O, I provide with a flange or collar, c, in proXimity to the guide-bracket 2. Upon this rod I also form a short longitudinal rib, d, which normally rests upon the lower face of the slot co IOO and in meeting contact with the vertical face ol' the shoulderml portion Y). The function of the fiange (e is to regulate the thrnst ot' the horizontal rod, and thus retain the rib (47 in proper operative position.

In the raising or l')werin 4''l:` the link-guide the partial rotation bythe hand of the operator ot the horizontal rod requisite tor the pu rpose is such that the inner end ot' the rib moves vertieally altmgside the vertical t'aee ot' the shoulder l) without rising above it, also being limited in upward movement by the protruding link in the slot of the link-guide, whieh directly limits the upward movement ot' the aforesaid guide. (Seel ig. and att'he left of Fig. 2.)

In order to sustain the pin t' in an elevatml position, (the link-guide being' removeth) I simply r,tate the perating-rod U until the rib (I is elevated above the shoulder ot' the slot in the ln'aeket 2, when I propel the rod t'rom me or toward me, (as the ease may be,) whereupon the rib lies upon said sh;ulder, thereby sustainine' the arm I), hook -l, and 'in-holder and pin at substantially the point shown on the right oi' Pien-2 and in Fig: 3- that is to say, high enough to 1:ermitthelink to pass under the bottom ot the pin. To drop the pin, the al'oresaid action is reversed and the parts assume their normal positions.

I preferably employ only one link-guide to a ear, leaving' the opposite draw-head uneovered and open; also, as may be observed, my link-guide is detaehably (-onueeted to the arm 1), as by a hoolc, (or a ehain,) whereby I may remove it readily in ease the cars to be eoupled should happen to be eaeh ot' them provided with sueh guides upon the meeting drawheads.

\Vhen eonpling* or unc'oupling, I usually operate the pin in that draw-head whieh is not provided with any link-guide; and in ease a pin is broken it may be replaced by another by simply removing' the broken one out ot the pin-holder and inserting an'thet' in its plaee.

It will be seen that by the employment ol? my devices a ear ean be uneoupled from a nother or eonpled to another by a person standing upon the gronnd at either side of the Car; also, that the link (ran be e'uided 'vertieally when the bumpers or draw-heads are of uneven heiehhby a person at either one side or the other ol' the ear, bythe movement of the link-guide.

In ease it may be desh-able to also operate the at'oredeseribed link-guide and pin from the top ol' a ear I pivotally eonneet to the top portion of the lateral arm l) a vertieally-disposed auxiliary Operating' rod, mounted loosely in a retaining-lu'aeket and extending upward to about the top ot' the car, and provi'led with a handle portion whereby a person on the top ot' the ear can grasp the handle and raise or lower the 'vertical rod, thus raising or depressing the link or pin; and in order to propel the rib upon the horizontal rod onto or oti" the shoulder I; in the slot in the braeket '2 by a person at the top of the ear, it is readilyaeemnplished by thowing the 'vertical rod to one side or the other, the retaining-braeket then serving' as a tul erum 'for said rod. (See dotted lines in various figures ot' the d rawings.)

llavingdeseribedmyin'vention,'whatlolaim as new, and desi re to seeure by Letters Patent, is-

In a ear-eoupling, alink-guideeonsistiug ot' a plate provided with a linh-slot larger than the link and suspended in front ot' the ,lraw-head t'rom an arm eonneeted to a horizontal o wrating rotl adapted to rotate and move hmgitudinally in its bearings, and adapted to raise or lower vertieally the at'oresaid link-guitle, in eombiation with the drawhead and link, substantiallyasdeseribed and shown.

In a ear-eoupling, a horizo'tal operat ing'- rod mounted in bearings upon the ear and having' rotary and hmgitudinal movement therein, a lateral arm eonneeted to said rod, and the slotted link-guide suspended from said arm, in eombination with the draw-head and link, substantially as deseribed and shown.

:3. In a ezn--eoupline', ahorizontal iperatingrod mouuted in bearings on a ear and having' rotary movement therein, a lateral arm seeured to the said rod, and a slot'ted link-guide Suspended at the front of the drawdead t'rom said lateral arm, in eombination with the drawhead and link, substantially as deseril'ed, and for the purpose set forth.

4:. In a oar-eoupling', the horizontal rod mount ed in bearin upon the ear and adapted to rotate and to move longitudinally therein, and provided with a lateral arm to whieh is connected a pin-lmlder oonsisting of a flat piece ot' metal. with ears l'orn'ed at :its sides, and having an. aperture at 'its bottom 'for a removable eoupling-pin whose head lies upon the base of said holder, in oombination with the drz'w-lmad and link, all eonstrnoted and operatin together, sul stantially as described and shown.

5. In a eai eouplng, the horizontal rod monnted in bearin upon the ear and having' rotary and longitudinal moven'ent therein, one or more ot said bearin l eing provided with a longitudinal slot having an internal. shoulder, and the horizontal rod toi-med with a tlanged portion eontiguous to one end ot' the hearing and a rbbed portion adjaeent to the opposite end and adapted to operate in the slotway of the hearing, and an arm con.- neeted to thehorizontal rod and having a link guide or pin connected thereto, in combination with the draw-head and link, sub stantiall y as shown and described.

(i. In a ear-coupling, a guide-braeket provided with a lon gitudinal slot having an internal. shoulder, 'in eombination with the horizon tal Operating-rod mounted in said braeket IOO IIO

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and' provided with a fianged and a rihbed portion, substantially as shown, all Operating together as and for the purposes specified.

7. The gude-hraoket 2, oonstruoted With a horizont-al, slotm'ty (L, extending froni a side of the hraoket part Way the length thereof, said'slotway being provided at its inner extremity With a reetangular shoulder portion rising perpendioularly above the lower face of the slotway, suhstantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

S. The operating-rod C, provided with a liang'e, c, and a rib or projeotion, d, ooutiguous thereto, and having a handle portion, suhstantially as described.

9. In a car-ooupling, a horizontal Operatingrod mounted in hearings upon the car and having rotary and longitudinal movement therein, a lateral arm Secured to the aforesaid rod, and a vertical Operating-red :fulorumed in a hearing upon the car and having vertical movement therein and pivotally connected to the lateral arni, and the slotted link-guide Suspended from the aforesaid arm, in combination with the draw-head, link, and pin, substantially as described.

10. In a ear-eoupling, a horizontally-disposed operating-rod mounted in guide-hraekets upon the car and adapted to rotate and move longitudinally therein, one or more of said braekets being oonstrncted With a longitudinal slotway extending froni a side thereof part Way its length and having 'at its inner extrenity a reetangular shoulder portion risiug perpendicularly above the lower level of the slotway, the horizontal rod Operating in the bracket and provided with a fiange contiguous to an end thereof and adapted to regulate the outward thrust of the rod, and having a longitudinal rib adjaeent to the reotangular shoulder of the slotway, said rib being adapted to vertical movement alongside the perpendicnlar face of said elei 'ated shoulder and adapted to move horizontally onto and rest thereon, and a lateral arin connected to the operating-rod and having a coupling-pin attaehed thereto, in oomhination with the draw-head and link, substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of March, 1888.

SILAS B. FYLER. [L. 8.]

In presence of WM. O. RAYMOND, PARKE W. \VIoKs. 

